Assume the Same Cross as in Question 24

question 39

Multiple Choice

Assume the same cross as in question 24. If the F₂ generation involves thousands of individual plants that are carefully counted, and four different phenotypes in a ratio other than 9:3:3:1 are noted, which of the following would be suspected?

• A) absence of dominance
• B) linkage
• C) leakage of color
• D) no crossing-over had occurred
• E) genes were not involved in the cross

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